WOW!! *looks around at reviewers with surprise*
I know I asked for reviews.. but thank you so much!
I really appreciate it!
JadeHawk: I did my best! And thanks for reviewing!
The Shadow Bandit: I'm glad you like it! I'll try to make chapters longer, from now on.. and thanks for reviewing!
Drusilla: Thank you for reviewing! I'm glad you like it! And as for the question you asked.. I'm sorry, as much as I want to answer that I can't! I don't want to give the plot away! ^_^
AnimegirlH: Thank you so much! *beams happily*
Actually, I've had a slight difficulty with that part of the story line. But I've resolved it like this:
Petunia wasn't really sure what she believed. When it had all happened, Petunia was ten, and had thought that it was all a joke that Lilly had made up, and her parents were just playing along. In her mind, she DID feel that there was something to it, but she was a rather jealous little kid so didn't really think much about it. In fact, Petunia had forgotten about what Lilly said the school was named, until this chapter!
So.. read and find out!
~*~Chapter 8~*~
{With a shriek of terror, Harry dropped the white thing, and it spread its wings and flew {up, landing on the roof.
{This time, both Harry and Dudley screeched, and the two of them, clutching each other, {ran into the house, slamming the door behind them.
They were met inside by a frantic Petunia.
"What happened??" she exclaimed in fright. "Did one of you get hurt??
Harry and Dudley looked at each other, and then, after almost ten seconds, Harry gasped out,
"T-the-there was a-a LIVE th-thing in the snow!!!"
Their mother looked at them, worried. "A live thing? Do you want me to go and check it out, boys?"
Her sons nodded simultaneously, so Petunia, armed with a broom, went to look outside. She searched for almost a minute, the boys watching her from the doorway nervously, and then started turning back.
"Boys! There's nothing there as far as I can see.. maybe it already ran away? How about we go inside and I make you nice warm mugs of hot choc--- AAAAAAAAH!!"
The scream was not what Petunia was going to make a mug of, but a sound of surprise. For at that minute, a large white bird flew over and landed on the roof of the family car.
Dudley and Harry yelped, too, as soon as they saw it, but Petunia, as soon as she regained her composure, went to soothe the boys.
"Come, darlings, it's just a... a.... an OWL???"
Harry looked at the bird in surprise. "Mum?? But don't owls hibernate in the winter??"
"And aren't they NIGHT animals??" added Duds.
"Yes, they are.." Petunia shook her head thoughtfully. "Dunno.. maybe some species of owls aren't night and don't hibernate in the winter!"
Just then, Harry remember his Biology lesson from Friday.
"M- mummy?? What if the owl has RABIDS??"
"Rabies," corrected Petunia automatically. "Oh, dear! I'm going to go call the animal control center immediately, and you boys stay inside!! And don't let IT come close to you- it might be contagious!"
Dudley, at the word 'contagious', fled back into the house, his younger brother at his heels.
Meanwhile, Petunia ran into the house behind them, went into the kitchen, and dialed 9-1-1.
"Hello?" a gruff voice asked her.
"Yes, hello," Petunia said franticly. "This is #4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging. There's a rabid owl in the front yard! This is an emergency!"
"Alright, ma'am, don't worry. I'll send over a few squad cars. Have you reached the Animal Control Center yet?"
"Noo.. was I supposed to? I'll go do that right now! But- please hurry! I don't want anything to happen to my boys!!"
"Yes, ma'am, the cars are on their way. Don't worry. Everything is under control."
"Thank you," Petunia said, and hung up the phone. Something was about to happen. She felt it in her very bones. And.. the boys!! Why did she suddenly have the feeling that they were doing something dangerous??
While their mother went into the house, Harry and Dudley overcame their fear, and decided to go and look at the furry owl outside. The 'looking', however, soon became a lively game of Truth Or Dare.
"Well, Duds? Truth or Dare??" Harry asked cheerfully.
Dudley wrinkled his nose and thought. "Dare!"
"Hmm.. let's give you a hard one. How about.... Go and walk to the owl, stop three feet before it, and then walk backwards away from it!"
Dudley paled considerably. "Heh.... Um.. mums won't be happy.."
"COWARD!" Harry yelled.
"Fine! Fine! I'm not a coward! I'll do it!"
And Dudley carefully followed Harry's instructions. As he came within three feet of it, he started walking backwards, and just then.....
Dudley's foot slipped, and he fell backwards onto the snow. He lay still, unmoving, for almost a minute, and Harry panicked. Coming up close, he called gently:
"Dudley? Duds? Are you alright?"
There was no sound from Dudley, and Harry leaned in even closer.
The next second, he was lying on the snow, on his back, with Dudley sitting on him.
"HAH!!" Dudley crowed. "/I/ beat the famous Harry Dursley!! HAHA!!"
Harry managed to fake looking injured, even with a face full of snow.
"Dudley??" he exclaimed in mock-horror. "How COULD YOU do such an AWFUL thing?? To your YOUNGER BROTHER, no less!!"
"Well, technically, I wouldn't call it such an awful thing. Considering that I can do worse, you know!"
With those words, he leant over and started tickling Harry in the ribs.
As Harry shouted in laughter, and Dudley bent over tickling him, neither of them noticed that the owl was swooping over closer to them, or that their mother had just arrived, breathless, to their doorstep, so that by the time she shouted in warning, it was too late- The owl had swooped down, and, with its claws, grazed three large scratches in Dudley's shoulder.
~*~End of Chapter 8~*~
Alright! I hope you liked this chapter! I know that it wasn't very long.. I'm sorry. But I HAD to stop here.. to be properly evil, you know!
So, please review....
Oh, and anyone that guesses WHY the owl attacked Dudley gets a chocolate chip cookie! Specially cooked by me! (yes, cooked- they taste better that way!)
*Evil grin*
And for those who aren't going to review, here's YOUR plate of cookies!! *extremely evil grin* Come one, take one- or two! Or three!!! And the green powder on top is..... um.... powdered sugar!! That's right! Powdered sugar!
So.. um.. review!
JadeHawk: I did my best! And thanks for reviewing!
The Shadow Bandit: I'm glad you like it! I'll try to make chapters longer, from now on.. and thanks for reviewing!
Drusilla: Thank you for reviewing! I'm glad you like it! And as for the question you asked.. I'm sorry, as much as I want to answer that I can't! I don't want to give the plot away! ^_^
AnimegirlH: Thank you so much! *beams happily*
Actually, I've had a slight difficulty with that part of the story line. But I've resolved it like this:
Petunia wasn't really sure what she believed. When it had all happened, Petunia was ten, and had thought that it was all a joke that Lilly had made up, and her parents were just playing along. In her mind, she DID feel that there was something to it, but she was a rather jealous little kid so didn't really think much about it. In fact, Petunia had forgotten about what Lilly said the school was named, until this chapter!
So.. read and find out!
~*~Chapter 8~*~
{With a shriek of terror, Harry dropped the white thing, and it spread its wings and flew {up, landing on the roof.
{This time, both Harry and Dudley screeched, and the two of them, clutching each other, {ran into the house, slamming the door behind them.
They were met inside by a frantic Petunia.
"What happened??" she exclaimed in fright. "Did one of you get hurt??
Harry and Dudley looked at each other, and then, after almost ten seconds, Harry gasped out,
"T-the-there was a-a LIVE th-thing in the snow!!!"
Their mother looked at them, worried. "A live thing? Do you want me to go and check it out, boys?"
Her sons nodded simultaneously, so Petunia, armed with a broom, went to look outside. She searched for almost a minute, the boys watching her from the doorway nervously, and then started turning back.
"Boys! There's nothing there as far as I can see.. maybe it already ran away? How about we go inside and I make you nice warm mugs of hot choc--- AAAAAAAAH!!"
The scream was not what Petunia was going to make a mug of, but a sound of surprise. For at that minute, a large white bird flew over and landed on the roof of the family car.
Dudley and Harry yelped, too, as soon as they saw it, but Petunia, as soon as she regained her composure, went to soothe the boys.
"Come, darlings, it's just a... a.... an OWL???"
Harry looked at the bird in surprise. "Mum?? But don't owls hibernate in the winter??"
"And aren't they NIGHT animals??" added Duds.
"Yes, they are.." Petunia shook her head thoughtfully. "Dunno.. maybe some species of owls aren't night and don't hibernate in the winter!"
Just then, Harry remember his Biology lesson from Friday.
"M- mummy?? What if the owl has RABIDS??"
"Rabies," corrected Petunia automatically. "Oh, dear! I'm going to go call the animal control center immediately, and you boys stay inside!! And don't let IT come close to you- it might be contagious!"
Dudley, at the word 'contagious', fled back into the house, his younger brother at his heels.
Meanwhile, Petunia ran into the house behind them, went into the kitchen, and dialed 9-1-1.
"Hello?" a gruff voice asked her.
"Yes, hello," Petunia said franticly. "This is #4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging. There's a rabid owl in the front yard! This is an emergency!"
"Alright, ma'am, don't worry. I'll send over a few squad cars. Have you reached the Animal Control Center yet?"
"Noo.. was I supposed to? I'll go do that right now! But- please hurry! I don't want anything to happen to my boys!!"
"Yes, ma'am, the cars are on their way. Don't worry. Everything is under control."
"Thank you," Petunia said, and hung up the phone. Something was about to happen. She felt it in her very bones. And.. the boys!! Why did she suddenly have the feeling that they were doing something dangerous??
While their mother went into the house, Harry and Dudley overcame their fear, and decided to go and look at the furry owl outside. The 'looking', however, soon became a lively game of Truth Or Dare.
"Well, Duds? Truth or Dare??" Harry asked cheerfully.
Dudley wrinkled his nose and thought. "Dare!"
"Hmm.. let's give you a hard one. How about.... Go and walk to the owl, stop three feet before it, and then walk backwards away from it!"
Dudley paled considerably. "Heh.... Um.. mums won't be happy.."
"COWARD!" Harry yelled.
"Fine! Fine! I'm not a coward! I'll do it!"
And Dudley carefully followed Harry's instructions. As he came within three feet of it, he started walking backwards, and just then.....
Dudley's foot slipped, and he fell backwards onto the snow. He lay still, unmoving, for almost a minute, and Harry panicked. Coming up close, he called gently:
"Dudley? Duds? Are you alright?"
There was no sound from Dudley, and Harry leaned in even closer.
The next second, he was lying on the snow, on his back, with Dudley sitting on him.
"HAH!!" Dudley crowed. "/I/ beat the famous Harry Dursley!! HAHA!!"
Harry managed to fake looking injured, even with a face full of snow.
"Dudley??" he exclaimed in mock-horror. "How COULD YOU do such an AWFUL thing?? To your YOUNGER BROTHER, no less!!"
"Well, technically, I wouldn't call it such an awful thing. Considering that I can do worse, you know!"
With those words, he leant over and started tickling Harry in the ribs.
As Harry shouted in laughter, and Dudley bent over tickling him, neither of them noticed that the owl was swooping over closer to them, or that their mother had just arrived, breathless, to their doorstep, so that by the time she shouted in warning, it was too late- The owl had swooped down, and, with its claws, grazed three large scratches in Dudley's shoulder.
~*~End of Chapter 8~*~
Alright! I hope you liked this chapter! I know that it wasn't very long.. I'm sorry. But I HAD to stop here.. to be properly evil, you know!
So, please review....
Oh, and anyone that guesses WHY the owl attacked Dudley gets a chocolate chip cookie! Specially cooked by me! (yes, cooked- they taste better that way!)
*Evil grin*
And for those who aren't going to review, here's YOUR plate of cookies!! *extremely evil grin* Come one, take one- or two! Or three!!! And the green powder on top is..... um.... powdered sugar!! That's right! Powdered sugar!
So.. um.. review!